Partitioned Hard Drive

stealthb14 · Oct 14th, 2002, 05:29 PM

Okay, I've got a slight problem. I recieved this PC from my uncle's company, and I have a slight problem. The previous user freakin Partitioned the Hard Drive. The C Drive is 1.95 GB, and I was wondering if there is any way to safley remove the partitions? It just annoys the hell out of me when I want to install programs that require writing to the C Drive, before the D Drive. (other partition). Im running win2k

Anyways, I appreciate any help y'all could give.

-Sam

samo · Oct 14th, 2002, 06:03 PM

The only way I know of to remove partitions requires running FDISK in DOS. However, this fries everything on the drive and requires formatting afterwords.

James · Oct 14th, 2002, 06:19 PM

Sam,

You can't delete a partition on the hard drive without reformatting... not that I know of anyways. There might be some special program out there to do it but the only way is to delete the two partitions and reformat. What OS is it running now?

Oct 14th, 2002, 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by stealthb14
Okay, I've got a slight problem. I recieved this PC from my uncle's company, and I have a slight problem. The previous user freakin Partitioned the Hard Drive. The C Drive is 1.95 GB, and I was wondering if there is any way to safley remove the partitions? It just annoys the hell out of me when I want to install programs that require writing to the C Drive, before the D Drive. (other partition). Im running win2k

Anyways, I appreciate any help y'all could give.

-Sam

Partition Magic 6 or 7. It will convert partition drives into one. Either look on the internet or local computer store, prices varies.
It works win 95,98,ME,2000 and XP. If you have Linux you are "screwed", reformat the hard drive. May the force be with you, Luke.

Q in Sac

stealthb14 · Oct 14th, 2002, 08:42 PM

Thanks so much for helping me out. I'll check my new work (Best Buy!!) after I start.

Thanks for the info guys!

-Sam

NismoXR · Oct 14th, 2002, 08:52 PM

Sam, your going to start working at BestBuy??
Which one? I used to work in the Lakewood store (127)

sethwas · Oct 14th, 2002, 09:59 PM

Hey,
Definately go with partition magic.

Seth

Boromir · Oct 14th, 2002, 10:54 PM

dude. reformat your pc. get win xp or something new. you will loose everything but at least it will be like new. and no partition...

stealthb14 · Oct 15th, 2002, 12:40 AM

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Originally posted by NismoXR
Sam, your going to start working at BestBuy??
Which one? I used to work in the Lakewood store (127)

Pedro, Store #101 in Mission Viejo. I start my training on the 20th. BTW ... Shrink